President Donald Trump was expected to issue an executive order on cybersecurity Jan. 31, but its release has been delayed. Although the details of the final executive order remain uncertain, Faisal Iqbal, chief technology officer of Citrix’s Public Sector, said this order may serve as the catalyst for a much-needed conversation on cybersecurity. […]
President Donald Trump and members of his national security team met with industry cybersecurity leaders today in what was billed as a “listening session” prior to the signing of an executive order that will introduce some fundamental changes to the government’s approach to national cybersecurity. […]
A draft cybersecurity executive order would mandate a review of the most critical U.S. cyber vulnerabilities, the principal cyber adversaries of the U.S., ways to incentivize cybersecurity measures in the private sector, and the capabilities of the DoD, DHS, and the NSA. […]
A Federal Communications Commission report on Cybersecurity Risk Reduction tells the agency to consider making cybersecurity a focus of its mission. […]
A new mix of emerging technological threats has contributed to the decision by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to move the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight. It is now 2½ minutes to midnight. […]
President Donald Trump released his Making Our Military Strong Again and America First Foreign Policy last week, which hint at potential changes to the Federal cybersecurity community. Trump’s administration has yet to include any more specific details about how the United States’ cyber capabilities will be used. […]
Though the U.S. government can still claim to be the top physical security player in the world, it can no longer claim leadership as the top cybersecurity player, according to retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who has served as the director of both the NSA and the CIA. […]
Though former Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill served only about four months as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer, he has some suggestions for improving cyber in the new administration. […]
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is advocating for increased cybersecurity partnerships with the Federal government, according to its 2017 advocacy agenda. […]
Leo F. Scanlon, deputy chief information security officer for Health and Human Services and the agency’s senior cybersecurity adviser for the health care sector, was named the co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Council. […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will coordinate a cybersecurity team on behalf of the incoming Trump administration. […]
Centrify and SailPoint Technologies have tools to address the tasks outlined in Phase 2 of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, according to representatives from the companies and DHS itself. […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that in order to crack down on cybersecurity attacks on the United States, he has compiled a team of “computer people” to discuss security procedures. Trump didn’t explain any specific policies that he or the team were working on. […]
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly stressed the importance of working together to combat cyber warriors at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Kelly said that incumbent Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was “on to something” when he reached out to Silicon Valley companies for best cybersecurity practices. […]
The Office of Personnel Management launched CyberCareers.gov. The website, which was created as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, focuses on learning policies that will assist Federal agencies in building the cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against the computer networking equipment company D-Link for providing inadequate security for its consumers. […]
The Shadow Brokers, the hacker group that stole National Security Agency applications, are selling a package of Windows hacking tools. The group first began selling NSA tools, which looked to be about three years old, in August. The current software also dates back to three years ago. […]
According to a new declassified report from the leaders of the intelligence community, Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered” an effort to influence the U.S. election and “denigrate” Hillary Clinton. […]
The Department of Energy needs to double down on cybersecurity threats and expand emergency protocol for the nation’s electrical grid, according to the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). […]
In a hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Director Of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the unclassified version of the executive-mandated report on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election is scheduled to be released early next week and will “push the envelope” to provide the public with as much information as possible. […]
When dealing with cybersecurity policy, President-elect Donald Trump should realize that the Federal government is not a business, according to a report this month from the Center for Strategic and International Studies Cyber Policy Task Force. […]
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said he plans to introduce two bills in Congress that would investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 election hacks and introduce sanctions against the country for its involvement. […]
The DHS-FBI Joint Analysis Report sheds light on the tools Russian intelligence officers used to compromise the networks and infrastructure associated with the recent U.S. presidential election. […]
The State Department met with representatives from the European Union to discuss preparedness for cyberattacks and the U.S. National Cyber Incident Response Plan. […]
More and more Federal agencies will adopt bring your own device policies in 2017, and industries will keep up with solutions to secure the devices, according to Glenn Roth, Citrix senior systems engineer for U.S. public sector. […]
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday, calling for a Select Committee on Cybersecurity that would be able to cross the jurisdictional lines of more than 80 committees and subcommittees in order to “investigate pressing cybersecurity matters.” […]
The use of government emails as the backup and recovery email on many Yahoo accounts led to the exposure of more than 150,000 U.S. government and military employees in a recent Yahoo email breach, according to Andrew Komarov, chief intelligence officer at InfoArmor. […]
In coordination with Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre, the FBI conducted a series of interviews and arrests Dec. 5-9 aimed at reducing the number of young people acting as Distributed Denial of Service-for-hire hackers. […]
President Obama said that the United States’ response to Russian hacking during the election will be between the U.S. government and the Russian government. “There are times where the message will be privately received by the Russians and will not be publicized,” Obama said. […]
Cybersecurity is a top priority for program managers at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar who are designing an energy security microgrid. […]